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Re: [Cfrg] Another perspective on the Curve256/255 problem

"Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> Thu, 31 July 2014 21:21 UTC

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:21:37 -0400
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Ah, the trust chain eval was the part I had skipped.

> Is there a reason that would only work for that particular curve and not the
> NUMS? I wasn't seeing that as a discriminating argument. Its a good one
> though.

I'm not qualified to answer.

	/r$

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